As the cases of people affected due to COVID-19 have soared within the country closing in on 150 a large number is their outside. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Wednesday put the official numbers in that regard.
As per the data of MEA, a total of 276 Indians have tested positive for coronavirus overseas to date. Amongst this 276 majority of 255 are in Iran. These 276 infected Indians are spread across 7 countries. Apart from Iran, the other countries are the United Arab Emirates, Italy, Kuwait, Sri Lanka, Rwanda, and Hong Kong.
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The data was tabled in Loksabha by Minister of State for External affairs V. Muraleedharan in response to a question. This comes after India has evacuated citizens from Italy and China. At the time of writing this India has reported 147 cases with 14 recovered and 3 deaths.
